Re-posted from the PLoS blog, author Mark Patterson, Director of Publishing, PLoS. In 2009, in this online world, how do most scientists and medics find the articles they need to read? The answer for the

As you may be aware, PLoS ONE makes no determination as to the ‘degree of advance’ for any submission. Instead, we peer review submissions to decide whether they represent appropriately conducted, and appropriately reported, science

As you may be aware, PLoS ONE makes no determination as to the ‘degree of advance’ for any submission. Instead, we peer review submissions to decide whether they represent appropriately conducted, and appropriately reported, science

I recently presented a paper at the ElPub 2009 (Electronic Publishing 2009) conference . The title is “PLoS ONE: Background, Future Development, and Article-Level Metrics” and the paper (and powerpoint) are now available under an

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to give a presentation entitled “Article-Level Metrics (at PLoS and Beyond)”, to a webinar organised by NISO. The presentation, and synced audio, can be viewed at

At the end of March, PLoS ONE (and all other PLoS titles using the Topaz platform) upgraded the way that information is displayed on individual journal articles, as well as adding entirely new sources of